It's been another nice day for equities, and the S&P 500 is rapidly approaching the critical zone at 1490 - 1500. Amazing as it se...
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Double Whammy
Q. What is stonger than The Economist cover curse for dollar bears? A. An Economist dollar cover that they've ripped off from someone ...
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An open letter to the GCC
Greetings I wish you all a safe and enjoyable journey to your forthcoming summit meeting next week, and to those residents of the United Ara...
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Some unique factors for your next quant strategy
It's been a hard year to reside in quant-land. The ignominy of being the smartest guy in the room and yet underperforming day-traders mu...
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Time to act?
Holmes and Watson would no doubt have been pleased by yesterday's price action, as the caning of the S&P 500 injected yet more risk ...
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The curious case of the vanishing bid, part 2
We left Holmes on Friday contemplating the curious case of the vanishing bid for risky assets. We pick up the story the following morning.....
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The curious case of the vanishing bid
A late November tempest howled outside in the London night, and the gale rattled the room’s ancient windows, disturbing what had heretofore ...
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Ten Things I'm Thankful For
Before Macro Man (an expatriated Yank) settles into a day of heavy food consumption and late-afternoon NFL, it's time to count his bless...
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Trust us, we're experts
While one might normally expect Thanksgiving week to be a relatively quiet one, nothing could be further from the case this year. Market par...
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Fear and greed
There's a well-worn market cliche that economic agents are driven by fear and greed, and in particularly difficult conditions they seem ...
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Last night I had the strangest dream....
Last night I had the strangest dream. I was back in 2007, worrying about things that seemed so significant then but now seem like the slight...
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Weekend special: A True Story
Macro Man's youngest son (age 4) was playing with one of his friends in the back garden earlier in the week. They gathered an assortme...
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Story time
It's one of those days again, with markets jumpy and spreading more stories than the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen combined...
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